Scissors-holder



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IsAAoeoItnoN, or KENosHA, WISCONSIN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part' of Leners Patent No. 368,943, dated August3o, 18a-7.-

Appllcation filed May 1S, 18537. Serial No. 238,684. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit knownthat I, IsAAO GORDON, a citizen of the United States, residingat Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Scissors-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention relates to a peculiar and simple device to hold scissorswhich is adapted to be secured to the dress of the user by any suitablemeans, as a pin, whereby when the scissors are not in use they may besecured by a single motion in the said holder, and will remainA rmly inplace until needed, when they may be very veasily disengaged.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a perspective view showingthe scissors in position in the holder. Fig. 2 is a rear view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same. Fig.` 4. is a frontview showing a different manner ofsecu ri ug the spring-tongues inplace.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the rear plate,havingthe vertical parallel apertures or slots BB formed therein, the tonguesC C, which are cut out of the said slots, being allowed to remain inplace at the lower ends. The said tongues are bent at their mid- [diepoints to form the angular projections c c,

beveled on the upper and lower sides, and, as the upper ends of thetongues are free, it will be seen that if the said projections arepressed rearwardly the tongues will pass through the slots B.

D designates a spring-leaf secured to vor formed integral with the upperedge of the plate A and adapted to press reaI-wardlyagainst theprojections c c of the tongues. The ,said leaf may be either solid orformed in any preferred ornamental design, to render the holderattractive in appearance, and a pin, E, is secured to the 'rear side ofthe plate A to enable the device to be secured to any desired part ofthe dress of the user.

The entire device is preferably made of spring-steel, and to secure apair of scissors pressed, and when far enough up the said tongues willresume their normal positions and the'projections will pass int-o theeyes of the scissors and hold the same in place.

When the scissors are needed,it is only necessary to draw down upon themand the tongues are again depressed, allowing the scissors to bewithdrawn.

In addition to the outward pressure of the spring-tongues C, the leaf Dpresses inwardly upon the scissors, and it will be seen that in somecases the tongues may be altogether omitted, and the spring-leaf willhold the scissors merely by the said pressure; also, the projections c,instead of being movable, may be made stationary on thev plate A.

It will be seen that the device is very simple and the scissors areattached or detached by a simple upward or downward pressure.

As an additional security, to prevent the scissors from slipping out ofthe holder after having been placed therein, I form the leaf D with thegrooves d d on the lower side, to rel ceive the beveled projections onthe springtongues. It is obvious that by, this arrangement the leaf Dmay be disposed closer to the plate A than if the grooves were notformed, and it is slightly more difficult to disengage the scissors.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to constructing thetongues integrally with the plate, as it is Obvious that if the saidplate and leaf were made of cast or malleable metal and provided belowthe grooves therein with small apertures w w, as seen in Fig. 4t, andspring-tongues secured in the said apertures and provided with anenlargement or shoulder on the lower end to prevent the same from beingdisengaged from the said apertures, that the operation of the devicewould be the same as in the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

Having now described the construction, operation, and advantages of myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a scissors-holder consistingof front and rear plates, A and D, bent into shape from a single pieceof metal, the said plate A having depressed spring-tongues C, the pointsc of which ICO are adapted to engage with the grooves d, pressedspring-arms C, having a pin-clasp, E, formed in the rear side of theplate D, subsecured to the plate A in the rear of the said stantially asdescribed. springs C, substantially as set forth.

2. In asoissors-holder,the combination,with In testimony that I claimt-he foregoing as [5 5 the plates A and D, bent into shape, as set myown I have hereto affixed my signature in forth, of the two depressedspring-tongues C, presence of two witnesses. adapted to engage with therear side of the l plate D, substantially as described. ISAAC GORDON' 3.In a scissors-holder, the combination of Witnesses: xo the two platesAand D, bent into the form set J AMES PENNEFEATHER,

forth from a single piece of metal, the two de- MICHAEL ODONNELL.

